The microblogging platform called Twitter, started a wild climb on the social media ladder the past year. Since the release of their API many services have jumped out on the internet world and have helped or swamped tweeple. Just recently this new service called TweepMe opened the gates. What they do is pretty simple to grasp. If you sign up they automatically add you as a follower to all other TweepMe users and you are automatically added to be followed by each of them back. Now, this has it’s good side but i think it’s a pitfall.

On the good ones. First of all, you have guaranteed followers. Even if you just signed up there is nothing to it. You follow and get followed by thousands of people. Secondly, because of the vastness of the users it will give you the opportunity to find some more interesting people you might have not found out about without. But think about it a little bit more…

A spammer that wants to promote their stupid product, all they have to do is sign up. No need for consent or anything. A few seconds later he can reach your timeline, no sweat. Moreover, besides those, what is the quality of your followers? Are they posting something that interests you? Imagine having 10000 followers at once and more than 60-70% being something you don’t care about. The impact? Try loading your twitter stream and having as much fun as you are having now…

A final thought that comes to my mind is the most essential one. Twitter has given all the users the opportunity to build their own world. They include anyone they feel is worth being there and exclude anyone they don’t care. So, their tweet stream is filled with interesting stuff that their friends come up with. Links, funny stuff, facts, quotes etc they are all there and most of the time it interests you. By joining that service wouldn’t that be harmed? And think about it the other way. If twitter was meant to be used that way wouldn’t it be designed that way from the beginning?

If, after all this negative energy, you are still interested in joining then hurry up and visit their site. The first 5000 users will get free lifetime membership. My guess from this, they will be charging monthly for this….????

PS: After posting i found this excellent article on the subject…